Anwarullah Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 24th vice-chancellor of the

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. He was the ambassador of Bangladesh to Bahrain.

Education and career

Chowdhury earned his master's degree in sociology from the

and Ph.D. from

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. Chowdhury was a member of University Grants Commission, a visiting professor of

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, a visiting fellow of

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and dean of the faculty of Social Science. He is the founder chairman of the Anthropology Department of the University of Dhaka. Chowdhury was appointed the vice-chancellor of Green University of Bangladesh in February 2008 and Bangladesh Islami University in April 2014.

Controversy

On 1 August 2002, Chowdhury, along with proctor Nazrul Islam, resigned from the vice-chancellor position of the University of Dhaka following an

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into Shamsunnahar Hall, a female hall, by male police on 23 July. The female students had been protesting the illegal stay of political activists in the university dormitories. Chowdhury faced criticism at that time for failing to take measures against the police assault. In August 2015, a trust fund, worth of 600,000 Taka, named ''"Professor DR Anwarullah Chowdhury Trust Fund"'' was established at the Anthropology Department of the University of Dhaka. The trust fund was revoked within a month, following student protests against it. In February 2018, Chowdhury was appointed as a part-time teacher of the anthropology department. But he was relieved from the duty within a week.

References

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